Picture shows the Jabeprode trapping device, undated. Beekeepers in southwestern France have opted to set up specially designed traps targeting an invasive species in a bid to prevent the loss of further colonies. (NewsX/Bee)
Picture shows graduated engineer Harald Brugger from the Vienna-based Umweltberatung consulting agency, undated. He warned that anyone getting too close to a nest of the invasive species was at high risk of getting stung "several times." (NewsX/Bee)
Picture shows Dr. Christoph Otten who heads the Centre for Bees and Beekeeping in Mayen, Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany, undated. An invasive insect species which spreads across Europe to eat and kill bees benefits from this winter's remarkably high temperatures, an expert has warned. (NewsX/Bee)
Picture shows female Megachile sculpturalis, undated. BeeRadar is the latest project masterminded by Citizen Science Network Austria, an association consisting of scientific and educational institutions whose objective is to find out more about the giant resin bee (Megachile sculpturalis), a species originating from the Far East. (USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab, NewsX/Bee)